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Health Minister Christine Elliott said that all decisions about who to test at assessment centres will be left to the clinical judgment of doctors. The province's modelling suggests Ontario will rea...

This is in comparison with mortality rates seen in other parts of the world such as Italy, which has recorded a case fatality rate (CFR) of 12.67% and 9.98% in Spain as of 9th April 2020 according to ...

France instituted a strict lockdown about a month ago, meaning that anyone who travels outside must carry some documentation that confirms their reason for leaving, which includes shopping for groceri...

Food and Drug Administration to prevent or treat COVID-19". Researchers in the United States have begun a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of an anti-malarial drug for treating coronavirus p...

Anyone who has COVID-19 symptoms such as dry cough, fever or difficulty breathing should isolate themselves from others and contact their healthcare provider or call the St. "Republic County Health De...

Other companies have also been allowed by the FDA to make and distribute antibody tests in the United States, but none have been allowed to claim their tests are useful for diagnoses. Amid a contagi...

US officials earlier warned Americans to expect lots of virus deaths this week, although the University of Washington's model cited by the White House on Wednesday cut its projections for the USA pa...

Health-care workers wave to people clapping and yelling thank you to the frontline workers during the 7pm tribute outside the Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver, B.C. "This is huge and this will h...

Under this latest policy, health care workers and first responders will be required to present their Costco membership cards and any identification of their job status. Other major chains are also off...

The data collected for the modeling dates to April 8 and of the 18,447 cases at that time, there were 401 deaths, 1,118 hospitalizations, and 326 admissions to the ICU. Given the bleak situation in th...

Several ambulances arrived at ManorCare Health Services in Palm Desert Wednesday where patients were dropped off after being evacuated from a nursing home in Riverside earlier in the day. "If you want...

The primary objective of the study is to identify which among the animals are vulnerable for the virus so that they can use it in testing the vaccine before applying for the Phase 1 or the human cli...

To date, the cause of infection in animals is through human transmission. "But it's not the other way round". Professor Barrs recommends social distancing from your pets in some cases. The organisat...

Identified as Lorraine Maradiaga of Carrollton, posted a series of concerning and freaky videos on Snapchat over the weekend in which she talks openly about infecting shoppers at Walmart with the no...

In the event of a shortage of testing swabs, health care workers, first responders and long-term care residents who have symptoms of COVID-19 should be prioritized, as well as those in First Nations c...

To do this they began investigating the structure and characteristics of the Spike (S) glycoprotein on both SARS-CoV and MERS-CoV, focusing on the fusion peptide, which enables viruses to transfer t...

Dozens of patients were evacuated from a skilled nursing facility in California , where 50 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed, after employees failed to show up for work two days in a row. "She wa...

As of April 3, the novel coronavirus had infected over 1 million people with COVID-19 and caused more than 58,000 deaths in a worldwide pandemic. "This new drug not only has high potential for treat...

The UK's coronavirus death toll has risen by 786, according to new figures released by the Department of Health and Social Care. The Midlands, alongside the North East and Yorkshire, were second and t...

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) and provincial government announced what they are planning province-wde during the COVID-19 outbreak - - hope for the best, plan for the worst. There are 135 ca...

Schumer and other Senate Democrats made clear the payments are a key priority for the next phase of federal spending to respond to the virus, but stopped short of saying they would withhold support i...

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Some are going as far as dunking their food in, and drinking bleach - yeah, I'm being serious. The results were gotten from a survey carried out by the CDC. "The biggest spaces were found in knowledge about safe preparation of cleaning and disinfectant solutions and about the storage of hand sanitizers out of the reach of kids", added the CDC.

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Administrators of both universities, which are affiliated, said Saturday's graduation for the technical university would instead be "refocused" on students, with a nursing graduate as the only speaker. "We are excited to host a truly unique commencement ceremony during this unprecedented time for our students to celebrate with family and friends their accomplishments" said WSU Tech President Sheree Utash said in a release.

The awards will be presented in virtual format, and the broadcast of the award ceremony will be done from a closed studio. The lack of diversity at the Bafta film awards in January was a major talking point, with Steve McQueen saying the awards risked becoming " irrelevant " if it continued to ignore BAME talent.

Molly said during the first two days of bringing him home, Chai was "like a normal puppy " but then he became very unwell and lethargic. In a statement to Newsbeat, though, the company that sold Mr Chai , Tiffany Puppies , has insisted he was a "a healthy dog".